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Deportivo de A Coruña

Spain · LaLiga · Manager: Antonio Hidalgo (#84 in the world) since Aug 2025

#148 World rank · club rating

1,824 Club rating

18th in LaLiga

Deportivo de A Coruña have had 15 managers since 2015/16. Antonio Hidalgo, in charge since August 2025, has the best points per game of them (1.70 in 56 matches) and took the club rating from 1,772 to 1,902.

Deportivo de A Coruña managers

26 spells since 1995 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Antonio Hidalgo #84 now Aug 2025 – present · PPG 1.70 current Aug 2025 – present 56 26-17-13 1.70 1,772 → 1,902 +129 +40.7 +0.13

Ignasi Salafranca (stand-in) 21 Mar 2026 21 Mar 2026 1 1-0-0 +3.5

Ignasi Salafranca (stand-in) 30 Oct 2025 – 4 Dec 2025 30 Oct 2025 – 4 Dec 2025 2 2-0-0 +3.2

Óscar Gilsanz Nov 2024 – Jun 2025 · PPG 1.39 Nov 2024 – Jun 2025 31 11-10-10 1.39 1,715 → 1,725 +11 +6.1 +0.06

Imanol Idiakez #741 now Nov 2023 – Oct 2024 · PPG 0.86 Nov 2023 – Oct 2024 14 2-6-6 0.86 1,726 → 1,685 −41 −8.9 −0.20

Oscar Cano Nov 2022 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Nov 2022 1 0-0-1 0.00 0.0

Borja Jiménez #204 now Dec 2021 · PPG 0.50 caretaker Dec 2021 2 0-1-1 0.50 1,801 → 1,778 −23 −3.0 −0.25

Fernando Vazquez Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · PPG 1.67 Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 24 11-7-6 1.67 1,746 → 1,828 +82 +11.1 +0.08

Luis Cesar Sampedro Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 · PPG 0.83 Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 12 2-4-6 0.83 1,803 → 1,657 −146 −32.1 −0.34

Juan Antonio Albacete Anquela Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 · PPG 0.80 caretaker Aug 2019 – Oct 2019 10 1-5-4 0.80 1,872 → 1,763 −109 −21.9 −0.19

Jose Lluis Marti Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 · PPG 1.92 Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 12 7-2-3 1.92 1,822 → 1,896 +73 +14.6 +0.13

Natxo Gonzalez Aug 2018 – Apr 2019 · PPG 1.54 Aug 2018 – Apr 2019 35 13-15-7 1.54 1,916 → 1,795 −121 −25.6 0.00

Clarence Seedorf Feb 2018 – May 2018 · PPG 0.75 Feb 2018 – May 2018 16 2-6-8 0.75 1,831 → 1,820 −11 −4.3 −0.04

Cristobal Parralo Oct 2017 – Feb 2018 · PPG 0.69 Oct 2017 – Feb 2018 13 2-3-8 0.69 1,830 → 1,769 −61 −23.1 −0.16

Pepe Mel Mar 2017 – Nov 2017 · PPG 0.91 Mar 2017 – Nov 2017 23 5-6-12 0.91 1,854 → 1,825 −29 −13.1 −0.11

Gaizka Garitano #1,004 now Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 · PPG 1.03 Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 30 7-10-13 1.03 1,898 → 1,895 −2 +7.0 +0.05

Víctor Sánchez #454 now Apr 2015 – May 2016 · PPG 1.10 Apr 2015 – May 2016 50 10-25-15 1.10 1,808 → 1,890 +82 +7.6 +0.16

Before 2015/16 · 11 spells, Sep 1995 – Apr 2015

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Victor Fernandez Aug 2014 – Apr 2015 · PPG 0.88 Aug 2014 – Apr 2015 32 6-10-16 0.88 1,828 → 1,826 −3 −0.2 +0.04

Fernando Vazquez Feb 2013 – May 2014 · PPG 1.28 Feb 2013 – May 2014 18 6-5-7 1.28 1,784 → 1,791 +7 +14.5 0.00

Domingos Paciencia Jan 2013 – Feb 2013 · PPG 0.80 caretaker Jan 2013 – Feb 2013 5 1-1-3 0.80 1,772 → 1,759 −13 −3.2 −0.12

Jose Luis Oltra #921 now Sep 2011 – Dec 2012 · PPG 1.08 Sep 2011 – Dec 2012 24 6-8-10 1.08 1,819 → 1,726 −93 −15.9 −0.07

Miguel Angel Lotina Aug 2007 – May 2011 · PPG 1.33 Aug 2007 – May 2011 168 60-43-65 1.33 1,686 → 1,837 +151 +4.6 +0.08

Joaquin Caparros Aug 2005 – Jun 2007 · PPG 1.34 Aug 2005 – Jun 2007 76 27-21-28 1.34 1,679 → 1,686 +7 −11.4 −0.03

Javier Irureta Aug 1998 – May 2005 · PPG 1.70 Aug 1998 – May 2005 328 160-79-89 1.70 1,656 → 1,589 −67 −18.5 +0.12

José Manuel Corral Oct 1997 – May 1998 · PPG 1.34 Oct 1997 – May 1998 32 11-10-11 1.34 1,631 → 1,584 −47 −8.4 −0.06

Carlos Alberto Silva Feb 1997 – Oct 1997 · PPG 1.75 Feb 1997 – Oct 1997 24 12-6-6 1.75 1,616 → 1,598 −18 −2.4 +0.09

José Manuel Corral Feb 1997 · PPG 1.00 caretaker Feb 1997 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,612 → 1,611 −1 −0.2 0.00

John Benjamin Toshack Sep 1995 – Feb 1997 · PPG 1.55 Sep 1995 – Feb 1997 65 26-23-16 1.55 1,500 → 1,621 +121 +14.8

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Javier Irureta is the longest-serving: 328 matches over 6 years (Aug 1998 – May 2005). Antonio Hidalgo added the most coach rating: +40.7 over 56 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Stand-in - a caretaker who covered a few matches during another manager's spell, folded under that spell. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,824Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#148World rankof 943 active clubs

#18LaLigaof 20 clubs

1,939Peak since 2015/16Dec 2015 · low 1,664, Dec 2019

Colour changes with each manager (14 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Deportivo de A Coruña's club rating peaked at 1,939 in December 2015, under Víctor Sánchez, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,664 in December 2019, under Luis Cesar Sampedro.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days · UK time

Sat 21 Nov · 13:00 LaLiga A at Deportivo Alavés

Preview Deportivo Alavés v Deportivo de A Coruña ›

Club rating chances on league games only (home / draw / away), calibrated on 85,718 league matches. This week's matches ›

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2026/27 12 2.17 2.50 2.41 69% 5.33 5.25 4.86

2017/18 38 2.66 2.03 2.58 66% 5.34 5.82 4.90

2016/17 38 2.66 2.53 2.73 72% 5.05 5.61 4.74

2015/16 38 2.34 2.37 2.94 72% 5.03 5.53 5.06

Deportivo de A Coruña picked up 2.17 cards a game in 2026/27, their fewest in any season since 2015/16 and 10% below LaLiga's average side (2.41).

League matches only (LaLiga), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. LaLiga cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

126 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 1713% 108% 32%

HT drawHT D 76% 2621% 1512%

HT lossHT L 11% 119% 3629%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 48 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 30 matches

1st half · W 30 · D 48 · L 48 GD −28

2nd half · W 30 · D 46 · L 50 GD −43

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Deportivo de A Coruña

12 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea 10 2-3-5 0.90 1.40 2.52 −44%

Alberto Undiano 9 1-3-5 0.67 1.89 2.55 −26%

Antonio Mateu Lahoz 8 2-1-5 0.88 2.63 2.55 +3%

José María Sánchez Martínez 7 2-1-4 1.00 2.57 2.52 +2%

Juan Martinez Munuera 7 0-3-4 0.43 3.29 2.55 +29%

Mario Melero Lopez 7 3-1-3 1.43 2.86 2.55 +12%

Santiago Jaime Latre 7 0-4-3 0.57 2.86 2.55 +12%

Alfonso Alvarez Izquierdo 6 1-2-3 0.83 3.67 2.55 +44%

David Fernandez Borbalan 6 1-3-2 1.00 3.00 2.55 +18%

Carlos Del Cerro Grande 5 1-3-1 1.20 1.60 2.55 −37%

2 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Jesus Gil Manzano 5 2-1-2 1.40 3.80 2.52 +51%

Jose Luis Gonzalez Gonzalez 5 1-3-1 1.20 2.40 2.55 −6%

Under Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea, Deportivo de A Coruña picked up 1.40 cards a game, 44% below their own average in the same seasons (10 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (124). Cards = Deportivo de A Coruña's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Deportivo de A Coruña's manager?

Antonio Hidalgo, #84 in this week's coach world ranking, since August 2025 - 56 matches, 26 won (1.70 points per game).

How many managers has Deportivo de A Coruña had since 2015?

15, counting 3 caretakers. Plus 2 stand-ins: caretakers for a few matches during another manager's spell.

Who is Deportivo de A Coruña's longest-serving manager?

Javier Irureta: 328 matches from August 1998 to May 2005.

How many cards a game do Deportivo de A Coruña get?

2.17 a game in LaLiga in 2026/27, against 2.41 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.